First Trust MLP and Energy Income Fund Appoints Bronwyn Wright as A Class III Trustee, Member of Audit Committee, Valuation Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee
September 11, 2023 at 09:15 pm
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First Trust MLP and Energy Income Fund appointed Ms. Bronwyn Wright as a Class III Trustee. Ms. Wright has also been appointed as a member of the Audit Committee, the Valuation Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee for each of the applicable Funds. Ms. Wright has acted as an independent director to a number of Irish collective investment funds since 2009.
Ms. Wright is a former Managing Director of Citibank Europe plc and Head of Securities and Fund Services for Citi Ireland. In these positions, she was responsible for the management and strategic direction of Citi Ireland?s securities and fund services business which included funds, custody, security finance/lending and global agency and trust. She also had responsibility for leading, managing and growing the Trustee, Custodian and Depositary business in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Jersey and Cayman.
First Trust MLP and Energy Income Fund (the Fund) is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fundâs investment objective is to seek a high level of total return with an emphasis on current distributions paid to common shareholders. The Fund seeks to provide its common shareholders with a vehicle to invest in a portfolio of energy companies. The Fund, under normal market conditions, invests at least 85% of its managed assets in equity and debt securities of master limited partnerships (MLPs), MLP-related entities and other energy sector and energy utility companies. The Fund invests in various sectors, such as oil, gas and consumable fuels, electric utilities, gas utilities, chemicals, water utilities, construction and engineering, energy equipment and services, and semiconductors and semiconductor equipment. First Trust Advisors L.P. serves as an investment advisor for the Fund.
First Trust MLP and Energy Income Fund Appoints Bronwyn Wright as A Class III Trustee, Member of Audit Committee, Valuation Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee